Baptist.org has a virtual “Baptist mall,” featuring cheap long-distance service and custom wallpaper, among other things.

And once again, the Vatican has figured out how to leverage its fantastic art collection. Catholicfamilies.net is about to start selling replicas of art from the Vatican Treasury collection — with a cut from each sale going to the Vatican museum.

Whether religious groups will have better luck than their secular counterparts in generating e-commerce profits is an open question.

While their missions may be heavenly, their e-commerce operations are entirely earthbound — and pretty serious; most have hired professional fulfillment companies to run their Web sales.

Organized religion may also have time on its side.

Jupiter Communications e-commerce analyst Ken Cassar says the religious groups are poised to cash in on the next Internet trend — what he calls lifestyle plays.

“The first wave was a category killer, selling every book you could want. Those markets have been filled,” he said.

“But now a market aimed at customer groups — it could be gardening, sports or religion — may actually represent the real growth in e-commerce over the next few years.”

Not all religious groups are looking to be the next Amazon.com.

UAHC.org, the website for reform Jewish synagogues, sells only books and music at the moment.

Union of American Hebrew Congregations spokesperson Emily Grotta said the group doesn’t have the money for a big e-tailing push. But she also has reservations about selling.

“We wanted our site to be distinguished from commercial sites … a place for information,” she said.

UCSJ.org, the site of the United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism, also has minimal e-commerce. But the group is planning links with so-called affinity Web sites, where a percentage of each purchase goes to a charity or back to the group itself.

“In the end, it’s just another way to support the ministry,” says Promise Keepers’ Chavis.